Please see the following table for the number of recipients of Working Family Payment (formerly known as Family Income supplement) in Longford and Westmeath in 2016 and 2017, by month.
#
|
Longford
|
Westmeath
|
|
Recipients
|
|
2016
|
2017
|
2016
|
2017
|
January
|
706
|
788
|
1,212
|
1,250
|
February
|
731
|
772
|
1,211
|
1,251
|
March
|
736
|
764
|
1,218
|
1,242
|
April
|
745
|
757
|
1,224
|
1,229
|
May
|
754
|
771
|
1,210
|
1,243
|
June
|
746
|
768
|
1,222
|
1,261
|
July
|
742
|
783
|
1,204
|
1,272
|
August
|
754
|
777
|
1,192
|
1,285
|
September
|
755
|
786
|
1,189
|
1,277
|
October
|
754
|
790
|
1,215
|
1,262
|
November
|
785
|
796
|
1,221
|
1,269
|
December
|
801
|
795
|
1,246
|
1,311
|
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.